Maintaining market principles: government auditors, PPP equity sales and hegemony

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Maintaining market principles : government auditors, PPP equity sales and hegemony. / Smyth, Stewart; Whitfield, Dexter.

In: Accounting Forum, Vol. 41, No. 1, 2017, p. 44-56.

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Harvard

Smyth, S & Whitfield, D 2017, 'Maintaining market principles: government auditors, PPP equity sales and hegemony', Accounting Forum, vol. 41, no. 1, pp. 44-56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.accfor.2016.06.003

APA

Smyth, S., & Whitfield, D. (2017). Maintaining market principles: government auditors, PPP equity sales and hegemony. Accounting Forum, 41(1), 44-56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.accfor.2016.06.003

Vancouver

Smyth S, Whitfield D. Maintaining market principles: government auditors, PPP equity sales and hegemony. Accounting Forum. 2017;41(1):44-56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.accfor.2016.06.003

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Smyth, Stewart ; Whitfield, Dexter. / Maintaining market principles : government auditors, PPP equity sales and hegemony. In: Accounting Forum. 2017 ; Vol. 41, No. 1. pp. 44-56.

Bibtex

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